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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
... 11.7%). Car sales in China have been rising since the introduction of the tax break in October last year. But with the incentive scheduled to expire at the end of this month, chances are auto purchases would stall as what happened when America's 'cash ...

Investment managers must find purpose, not performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
Investment managers need to move away from the current culture of performance-driven investing towards one that is purpose-driven. This is the key theme of the latest insight from State Street's independent think-tank, the Centre for Applied Research ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... achieving any specific outcome." A far more effective regulatory instrument, the report suggested, was some kind of incentive structure. "We've seen growth in soft, often self-regulation (i.e. codes, principles and guidance-based regulation). However ...

Super funds must do better digitally

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... which is not really the case. It's all about giving people choice as to how they interact with their fund - there is no incentive to us for members to continue digitally, so if they choose to drop out and continue via a traditional method that's fine ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... and better align the interests of financial advisors and their clients." "The changes will significantly reduce the incentive for advisors to churn clients between life insurance products where there is no consumer benefit," she said. Association of ...

Banking inquiry becomes Royal Commission alternative

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... services industry on victims and on consumers The impact on consumers of executive and non-executive remuneration and incentive based commission structure and fee-for-no-service structures The culture and chain of responsibility in relation to misconduct ...

Do super funds hold AAA rating key?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... bad news." This reduction in productivity growth reduces business investment, he said. "If there isn't innovation, the incentive to put in new capital falls. So you've had historically low business investment in all the developed countries and that's ...

Adviser Ratings secures referral partnership

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... select Adviser Ratings advisers with a stream of new business opportunities within their local region/area - a great incentive for specialists already on, or looking to join the platform," Wood said. Launched in October, Small Business First is an online ...

CommInsure update champions progress

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2016
In its latest update to the industry CommInsure is assuring good progress has been made on the independent reviews of declined retail advice and group life insurance claims. Citing concerns raised by media coverage in early 2016, the Commonwealth Bank ...

The Fed "live" in November

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
It seems so long ago now but at the start of October (or thereabouts), we were treated to several regional Fedspeaks -- including, among others, Cleveland Federal Reserve president Loretta Mester, Richmond Federal Reserve president Jeffrey Lacker, Kansas ...